Row/Column Data Vector Class: _setAlignmentChar

Row/Column Data Vector Class: _setAlignmentChar

Sets the alignment character

Syntax
Details

Syntax

CALL SEND (data-vector-id, '_setAlignmentChar', align-char);

Argument Type Description

align-char
C specifies the alignment character

Argument	Type	Description
align-char	C	specifies the alignment character

Details

The _setAlignmentChar method is valid only if the viewer is a table editor. You can use the _setAlignmentChar method only to pass a row/column data vector to the model's _getColumnInfo or _setColumnInfo method. Its values are not meaningful for row settings.

The alignment character, when specified, is typically a decimal point, '.', which is usually used to line up numeric values.

The following conditions also are true when you use a row/column data vector in conjunction with the _getColumnInfo method or the _setColumnInfo method:

The alignment value specified by the _setAlignment method specifies how much space is available in which to align the text from the left of the column.
The alignment justification specified by the _setAlignJust method tells how to justify the text horizontally in the width given by the _setAlignment method.
The alignment character specified by the _setAlignmentChar method is the character on which you want the data in the column to be aligned.
The number of decimals specified by the _setDecimals method is the number of characters allowed to the right of the alignment character specified by the _setAlignmentChar method if the alignment justification specified by the _setAlignJust method is RIGHT.
Use either the _setDecimals or the _setAlignment method, but not both.

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